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If you celebrate Christmas then you\u2019re almost certain to devour an enormous meal at some point on 25 December, your plate overflowing with proteins and carbohydrates. But should you add breakfast to the mix?<\/span><\/p>\n A recent \u2018big breakfast\u2019 study<\/a> by scientists at Aberdeen and Surrey universities found that the time of day when you consume your calories does not affect metabolism. Funded by the UK\u2019s Medical Research Council, the trial involved 30 people on weight-loss diets, with some eating more in the morning, and others loading calories later in the day. The researchers found no difference in resting metabolic rate or weight loss for the two groups. <\/span><\/p>\n However, those eating a big breakfast were significantly less hungry later in the day. Using breath tests for octanoic acid, a fatty acid absorbed in the intestine, the team showed that it took far longer for the volunteers\u2019 stomachs to empty after they\u2019d had a larger breakfast.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The results tie in with another study showing that levels of a \u2018hunger hormone<\/a>\u2019 called ghrelin are suppressed more after breakfast, than after an evening meal.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n So, if you fill up on breakfast, not only will you be less likely to overindulge in your main meal, but you\u2019ll also have enough energy to fuel the hours spent over a hot stove cooking it.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Victoria Gibbs, Norfolk<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Dr Emma Davies Published: Saturday, 24 December 2022 at 12:00 am If you celebrate Christmas then you\u2019re almost certain to devour an enormous meal at some point on 25 December, your plate overflowing with proteins and carbohydrates. But should you add breakfast to the mix? A recent \u2018big breakfast\u2019 study by scientists at Aberdeen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":22223,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/how-to-prime-your-hunger-hormones-to-avoid-over-indulgence-this-christmas-scaled.jpg",2560,1090,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/how-to-prime-your-hunger-hormones-to-avoid-over-indulgence-this-christmas-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/how-to-prime-your-hunger-hormones-to-avoid-over-indulgence-this-christmas-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/how-to-prime-your-hunger-hormones-to-avoid-over-indulgence-this-christmas-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/how-to-prime-your-hunger-hormones-to-avoid-over-indulgence-this-christmas-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/how-to-prime-your-hunger-hormones-to-avoid-over-indulgence-this-christmas-1536x654.jpg",1536,654,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/how-to-prime-your-hunger-hormones-to-avoid-over-indulgence-this-christmas-2048x872.jpg",2048,872,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Dr Emma Davies Published: Saturday, 24 December 2022 at 12:00 am If you celebrate Christmas then you\u2019re almost certain to devour an enormous meal at some point on 25 December, your plate overflowing with proteins and carbohydrates. But should you add breakfast to the mix? A recent \u2018big breakfast\u2019 study by scientists at Aberdeen…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/22222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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